CDS
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English
Noun
CDS (countable and uncountable, plural CDSs or CDSes or CDS)
- (finance) Initialism of credit default swap.
- 2023 March 15, Michael J. de la Merced, Maureen Farrell, “Credit Suisse to Borrow Up to $54 Billion From Central Bank”, in The New York Times:
- The cost of that funding is partially influenced by the price of an instrument known as a credit default swap — essentially, a form of insurance that one party buys to protect against the possibility that another party will default. The higher the risk of default, the higher the price of the C.D.S., and the higher the cost of funding.
- (linguistics) Initialism of child-directed speech: a simplified form of speech used by adults when talking to infants.
- (military) Initialism of chief of the defence staff.
- Initialism of cognitive dysfunction syndrome.
- (law, US, Maryland) Initialism of Controlled Dangerous Substances.
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Spanish
Proper noun
CDS m
- (politics) Initialism of Centro Democrático y Social.